With rumours of various key cast members in consideration to return for Star Wars Episode VII, this is one that's quite unexpected: Ian McDiarmid is reportedly set to return to reprise his role as Emperor Palpatine.

Now, we've got what we suspect are the same questions as you regarding this. After all, Palpatine did die at the end of Return Of The Jedi. Even in the various re-edited versions. So, er, did he survive the fall? Or will this be a clone of the character? Perhaps flashback sequences? Time will tell.

Ewan McGregor has been lined up to reprise his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi in JJ Abrams's Star Wars Episode VII, according to a new report.

The claim follows suggestions earlier this week that Ian McDiarmid will return to the franchise as Senator Palpatine in "Sith Ghost" form.

According to Latino Review, sources have confirmed that McGregor will appear as a Force Ghost in the Disney feature, which is scheduled for a 2015 release.

Obi-Wan's ghost featured in the original Star Wars trilogy and was played by the late Alec Guinness.

It has been suggested that Abrams may use CGI to place McGregor into past footage featuring Guinness, mirroring the way Hayden Christensen was included in Return of the Jedi.

Last year, McGregor told Digital Spy that he would be happy to return to the franchise if he was needed, but said he knew "nothing about" the production.

Latino Review also claims that the 42-year-old would like to star in a standalone Obi-Wan Kenobi film, after Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed last year that a number of character features will be shot between the final films of the franchise.

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I call foul! Yoda would have said "all you need, love is" or something like that. On second thought, he'd probably say "love leads to fear. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering."

I call foul! Yoda would have said "all you need, love is" or something like that. On second thought, he'd probably say "love leads to fear. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering."

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I call foul! Yoda would have said "all you need, love is" or something like that. On second thought, he'd probably say "love leads to fear. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering."

I'm driving to another building today with my boss and my co-worker. Somehow we got on the subject of Star Wars so we're discussing the movies, what the new movies might be like, all the old actors, etc.

All of a sudden this African American guy walks in front of our car and my co-worker goes, "Hey look, there's Lando!"

There's a moment of awkward silence and my boss says, "Umm.....that was a little racist, don't you think?"

My co-worker has this puzzled expression on his face. Then he goes, "OH MY GOD I'M SO SORRY! THAT IS NOT WHAT I MEANT!!!"

Turns out he knew the guy, and that the guy's name is, in fact, Lando. We laughed about it all day long. Talk about perfect timing.

I'm driving to another building today with my boss and my co-worker. Somehow we got on the subject of Star Wars so we're discussing the movies, what the new movies might be like, all the old actors, etc.

All of a sudden this African American guy walks in front of our car and my co-worker goes, "Hey look, there's Lando!"

There's a moment of awkward silence and my boss says, "Umm.....that was a little racist, don't you think?"

My co-worker has this puzzled expression on his face. Then he goes, "OH MY GOD I'M SO SORRY! THAT IS NOT WHAT I MEANT!!!"

Turns out he knew the guy, and that the guy's name is, in fact, Lando. We laughed about it all day long. Talk about perfect timing.

Latino Review reports that Rachel Hurd-Wood ("Peter Pan," "Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer") and Alex Pettyfer ("I Am Number Four," "Magic Mike") are both....wait for it....being considered for "Star Wars: Episode 7." Hurd-Wood (we love saying that) read for the part of the daughter of Princess Leia, while Pettyfer's part is undisclosed, though the guessing here is that it will be for Luke Skywalker's son. Again, none of the is final and there are probably all kinds of people being looked at, so y'all chill.

Until then, let the image of Pettyfer possibly wielding a lightsaber sear itself into your brain, and then wonder why the folks around "Star Wars" have such an inability to look at beyond blandly handsome, uncharismatic leading men (Mark Hamill, Hayden Christensen and now this). The mind boggles. And oh yeah, apparently a real deal casting announcement from Lucasfilm is coming soon, so prepare thy underoos to be soiled.